Despite the incredible numbers of custom builds hitting the streets daily, it’s surprisingly difficult to find anything new. Every genre has its accepted look and style, and envelopes are rarely pushed.
But David González of Ad Hoc Café Racers swims upstream. His bikes are often oddball, yet always awesome. Like this new Yamaha from his Barcelona workshop, complete with a vivid neon paint job.

David’s called it Otokomae?which loosely translates from Japanese as ‘handsome man.’ It’s based on a XSR700, and it’s the latest in a long line of Yamaha Yard Built projects.

?I really like this crazy style David has created,? says Yamaha’s Cristian Barelli. ?The tough ?street tracker? feel fits well with the XSR700, and the paint job is something totally unique.?
That paint is the first thing that caught our eye: a mélange of bright blue and yellow that tips its hat to Yamaha’s racing colors. But Otokomae has a lot more going for it than just a striking livery.

David has drastically reworked the XSR’s proportions. Starting at the front, he retrofitted the forks and brake setup from a Yamaha YZF-R6, including the R6’s brake and clutch controls.
The handlebars and risers are borrowed from a MT09, while the bulbous headlight is from a MT01.

Next, he ditched the XSR700’s tank covers, along with a host of superfluous side panels.
The stock XSR700 ?tank? is actually two aluminum cover panels that conceal a ste...